Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Bureau of Meteorology ACCESS Version 1.3

Abbreviated Model Name:

ACCESS1.3

Ensemble:

CMIP5

Experiments:

RCP 4.5

RCP 8.5

historical

Getting the Data

Data Access Link:

World Data Center for Climate CMIP5 Archive

Create an account here to download CMIP5 data. Instructions on how to search for and acquire the data are available here.

Data File Format:

.nc

Data Filename Convention:

cmip5/output1/CSIRO-BOM/ACCESS1-3/historical/day/atmos/day/r1i1p1/v4/clt/clt_day_ACCESS1-3_historical_r1i1p1_19500101-19741231.nc

Documentation

Model Documentation Link:

Model description

Data Distribution Center (select model and experiment from table)

IPCC AR5 WG1 Chapter 9 Report (see Appendix 9A)

World Data Center for Climate

CMIP5 Variable Descriptions

CMIP5 Model Component Descriptions (ES-DOC)

CMIP5 Variable Descriptions (New Table)

Time and Space Information

Available Years of Data:

1950-2005

2006-2100

Length (years) of Files:

25 years

Spatial Coverage:

United States

Canada

Spatial Resolution (atmospheric):

N96 (192×145)

Model Components

Lake Treatment:

"Weaknesses in process representation include CABLE’s representations of leaf phenology and land use change; they remain simple in comparison with some international models. Establishment and mortality of vegetation is not represented in CABLE. CABLE simulates ice surfaces, but lake and urban schemes are not yet formally part of CABLE. Some of these limitations are being addressed in application-specific versions of CABLE, highlighted in Sec 3.2. "

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233917539_The_Community_Atmosph...

Variables and Units

only the variables that are being collected for the Ensemble are shown

Temperature

Mean Temperature Output Name:

tas

Mean Temperature Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Min/Max Temperature Output Name:

tasmin/tasmax

Min/Max Temperature Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Temperature Units:

Kelvin

Precipitation

Total Precipitation Output Name:

Total Precipitation Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Convective Precipitation Output Name:

prc

Convective Precipitation Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Precipitation Units:

kg m-2 s-1

Sea Level Pressure

Sea Level Pressure Output Name:

psl

Sea Level Pressure Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Sea Level Pressure Units:

Pascal (Pa)

Wind

Wind Output Name:

uas/vas

Wind Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Wind Speed Units:

m/s

Snow

Snow Depth Output Name:

snd

Snow Depth Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Snow Depth Units:

meters

Snowfall Flux Output Name:

prsn

Snowfall Flux Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Snowfall Flux Units:

kg m-2 s-1

Figures

Representation of Great Lakes

Surface Temperature:

Skin Temperature:

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